Microsoft details next Xbox
After more a year of teases and false starts, Microsoft is finally starting to talk about its next generation game machine.
Every title for the next generation Xbox will offer high definition graphics, custom personalization and be tied into the online world, said J Allard, Microsoft corporate vice president and chief XNA architect at an ongoing game development conference.
"This system is a monster," said Allard. "In this decade, I believe we are going to double our audience."
Allard stopped short of discussing hardware specifics of the machine, which is expected to go on sale later this year. Those details, he said, would be revealed in May at E3, the industry's annual trade show.
He did, however, talk about what the gamer experience for the system (which will likely be named Xbox 360) would be like. Next generation games will allow players to have constant access to an online buddy list and their digital media, such as MP3 music files.
